Case of alleged Craigslist killer back in court

Monday

Mar 29, 2010 at 12:01 AMMar 29, 2010 at 5:05 PM

The case against alleged Craigslist killer Philip Markoff returns to Suffolk Superior Court Monday for another administrative hearing. The former Quincy resident and medical student is accused of killing a woman he met on the “erotic services” section of Craigslist nearly a year ago.

Staff reports

The case against alleged Craigslist killer Philip Markoff returns to Suffolk Superior Court on Monday for another administrative hearing.

Markoff, 24, was not expected to attend the court session.

The former Boston University Medical School student and Quincy resident is charged with robbing and killing masseuse Julissa Brisman, 25. She was shot to death April 14 at the Marriott Copley Place Hotel.

He is also accused of kidnapping and robbing a prostitute at the Westin Copley Hotel on April 10, and with pulling a gun on a stripper at a Rhode Island hotel on April 16.

Markoff allegedly contacted the women through the “erotic services” section of Craigslist, an online classified site.

Markoff, who lived in the HighPoint complex on Quarry Street in West Quincy, has pleaded innocent to the charges.

Late last month, Judge Frank Gaziano granted a Suffolk County prosecutor’s request to get a DNA sample from Markoff.

The judge said the DNA sample could only be used to compare “with biological evidence recovered in the case.”

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